THE DEEP TRUTH ABOUT MARRIAGE

Published - July, 2012

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CHAPTER ONE

The Deep

TRUTH About MARRIAGE

Beloved, the topic we shall be exploring here is what I would like to dub "the dark hour message." We need to understand it very well. The devil has erected a lot of mountains for man. However, every man's mountain is the mountain of his ignorance. There are so many things that happen to us and when we try to find out the origin, we are thrown into puzzlement. But the Bible says, God reveals deep and secret things. He knoweth what is in darkness and also the light dwelleth in him. The issue we are looking at in this chapter has caused the human race a lot of sorrow. Unfortunately, not many ministries, ministers or pastors understand or can adequately address it. But it is the reason a lot of people are passing through terrible problems today.

Genesis 12:10-20:

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai, his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This ,is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

AN ANCIENT PROBLEM

Abraham went to Egypt to sojourn there. He agreed with Sarai to tell the Egyptians a lie that Sarai was not his wife but his sister. Truly, she was his half-sister but she had become more than that, she was now a wife. Abraham was afraid that the ungodly Egyptians would kill him and snatch his pretty wife. Based on this half-truth by Abraham, the King of Egypt captured the wife. The King gave Abraham unwanted gifts which he collected by force.

A SPIRITUAL LAW

The king had broken a spiritual law innocently but he still had to face the consequences. The king stole a wife and because of that, great plagues came upon his entire household. A stolen wife in a family can be the source of trouble for the whole family and down the generational line. You need to pray seriously today, if your father had wives that are of your age. There are troubles that we put ourselves into without knowing it. The Bible says 'Great plagues fell upon Pharaoh and the whole of his household." The plagues only ceased when the object of contention was removed. As far as Sarai remained in his palace; Pharaoh was in trouble.

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